The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-08-25
THE PIEDMONT SECTION.



Haversack of Happenings Gathered
From Our Exchanges in Piedmont
North Carolina.
The Greensboro Female College opens
to day.
A telegraph office is soon to be established
at Dalton.
The net proceeds of the Masonic picnic
were $2l8
Tobacco sold in Greensboro last week at
$3.50 per pound.
A man in Reidsville last week ate so much
The Piedmont Reduction Works, situated
near Townsville, will soon be ready and
in operation.
An old negro by the name of Wash Gray
was jailed at Mocksville last week, charged
with stealing sheep.
Over 300, 900 watermelons have passed
tn rough Reidsville this season, on their way
to northern markets.
There is baby in Surry county that pos
esses six toes on each foot and five fingers
and thumb on each hand
The New Methodist parsonage at Reds
vile has been completed and the preacher
and his family "now lives at home"
The Methodists Of South Greensboro con-
template running a grand pleasure excur-
sion to Washington City, in the fall.
The steamboats, on the Yadkin river are
expected to be running to Halls Ferry,
Davie county, by Christmas at latest.
The grand jury of Stokes county are
complaining of the county poor house and
suggest that the court take action in the
matter.
Farmers Institute will be held at Lex
ington, Davidson county, next Tuesday and
Wednesday, 30th and 31st. Many leaders
engaged in agricultural pursuits will attend.
Several of the young men of Reidsville
are trying to organize minstrel troupe to
start out on the road. THE scheme is sue
cessful, some of the best local talent will be
engaged.
We learn the excursion carried large
crowd from Greensboro to Asheville yester-
day The train cost 5000 and the managers
said they would not take $500 for their
chances on the trip.
The Times says the people of Davie are
ready and willing to build the Roanoke &
Southern Railroad, but thew must have
something more than promises, as they
have been deceived two many times already.
The money that has been realized in
franklin township, Rowan county, from the
sale ofwatermlons, canteloupes, roasting ears
beans and other vegetables, will more than
pay the taxes for 1887 in that TOW nshir.
The Board of Education Of Stokes county
on the first Monday in September will re-
appoint for each white and each colored
district u school committee of three persons
whose term of service shall begin the first
Monday of October.
At East Bend, Yadkin county, there is
white child whose proportions make it a
curiosity. From its ankle to its knee meas
ures six inches; from its wrist to elbow
four inches, while the thigh measures TWEEN
two years old.
The Salisbury Waterman says, President
Cleveland will pass this way en- route to AT
lanta in October. We would like for the
old man to stop over and see a-body for a
few days, or even a week. He would be
welcome. But, of course, he will stay no
longer than the cars stop at the depot, and
we will have to content ourselves with see
ing him fly past us. We have never heard
a soul say he would vote against Cleveland
again since he was inagurated March, 1885.
Mr.. f. NJ. Johnston, of Pennington, Da-
vie county, is the owner of Hornet" an
old mule, aged about 40 years, who served
faithfully through the late war. Mr.. john
ston prizes old Hornet" highly and for
several years has released him from service.
He says he is only keeping him for the good
service rendered in the past. "Hornet' is
supposed to be the oldest mule living in
the State.
Jordon &. Newsom was arrested in Lex
ington Davidson county, last week for the
larceny of county orders from the Office of
the Register of Deeds. Orders to the
amount of $500 were found upon his per-
son when arrested. About seventy or eigh-
ty of the stolen papers, amounting to about
one hundred dolla.s, have been discovered.
Great interest in the case il manifested by
the public. Newsom is now in Jail.
How Others See Us.
That clever young journalist, Mr.. Greek
o. Andrews of the Greensboro Morning
Nctrs speaks of his recent visit to the Twin
City in these pleasant words
"Winston has always impressed us as
being one of the most enterprising towns
we ever saw. We found little more "git.
up and-git" in the Twin-City than we were
expecting to see during the dull season.
They are all talking about the Roanoke and
Southern Railroad up there aud are conf
dent it will be built"
Yes, we are going to have the Roanoke
and Southern and the town is going to
boom-with big b.
A Dastardly Attempt at Rape,
Tuesday evening young lady, Miss Sapp
who lives about mile from Kernersville
was on her way home, when she was over
taken by negro brute named Hairston.
He first approached her, asked her name
where she was going and where she lived
After few more questions he jumped at
her, knocked or threw her down, choked
her until his fingers made livid marks
which are yet to be seen on her throat and
beat her in the face with the stock of his